antibiogram

antibiogram

Microbiology The profile of an organism's susceptibility/resistance to a panel of antibiotics, which can be used to determine genetic relatedness of various bacteria Cf Molecular strain typing.

an·ti·bi·o·gram

(an'tē-bī'ō-gram)

A profile of the antimicrobial resistance and susceptibility of a particular microorganism.

antibiogram (anˈ·tē·bīˑ·ō·gram),

n method of testing the efficacy of antibiotics by introducing an antibiotic into the middle of a bacteria-laden petri dish. A clear zone indicates the bactericidal activity. The greater the diameter of the zone, the higher the efficacy of the antibiotic.

Conclusion: Frequency of VAP is quite high in our setup, identification of causative bacterial pathogens and their antibiotic susceptibility pattern will not only help in providing effective treatment to the patients but will also help in the formulation of antibiogram according to local resistance patterns for empirical therapy and to reduce the morbidity and mortality.

This demonstrated a rapid reduction in the VAP rate from 60 to 11 per 1000 ventilator days and improvement in the facility's antibiogram, with improvements in ABC susceptibility to both amikacin and meropenem.

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